Based in Washington, Jen managed Aviation Week’s worldwide defense, space and security coverage from 2013 to January 2024.
Prior to taking on the Executive Editor role, Jen was Aviation Week's Congressional Editor. Jen came to Aviation Week in March 2011 from Politico, where she covered the intersection of defense and politics. She also worked as a reporter and editor for Defense Daily, Inside the Army, The Other Paper and The Columbus Dispatch.
Jen received a Master’s degree in journalism as a Kiplinger Fellow at the Ohio State University. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in history and journalism from the University of Michigan.
The White House on Wednesday appealed to House Republicans to pull new policy riders out of the extension for the FAA reauthorization bill, saying a stalemate could threaten jobs and funding for FAA’s projects, including the Next Generation air traffic control system.
Italy’s deputy defense minister is warning the U.S. that if Congress opts to pull out of the tri-national Medium Extended Air Defense System (Meads), its closing costs will mount. Italy follows Germany, the other international partner on the tri-country missile defense system, in objecting to plans by lawmakers to cut the president’s $804 million budget request to wrap-up development of the system (Aerospace DAILY, July 15).
While the White House and Congress continue to wrangle over the debt ceiling, the House and Senate now are so at odds over the latest extension to the FAA reauthorization bill proposed by the House, that the top Senator dealing with transportation issues says the extension may lapse.
